New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-09
GETTING READY FOR A REST.
CLOSE OF AN EvENrFUL BASEBALL YEAR

FAT PURSES MADE BY MANAGERs-GREED INTER-
FEREs WITH THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
The close of the eventfu In the history o.
the nationa game Is now only few days OIL The reg.
ular League championship cnled yesterday ana
the final scheduled Of the American Association
will be played tomorrow The two associations WIZ
however, interchange games until the snow flies The
season, beginning it did in April and not ending until
October has been the longest and most remarkable ono
since baseball sprang from the old fashioned game OF
FOUNDERS The majority Of the clubs will bring in fat
dividends to their fortunate owners but Of the
poorly managed will suffer and their unhappy
stockholders will be out snug apiece Few Of
the larger clubs will money but few of the smaller
minor League mines will have the figures the right
side OF their ledgers In the Intern ational Southern
NewEngland and Northwestern Leagues the managers
have carried things with too free a hand and their
pocket-books will suffer In consequence. Players
salaries OF all proportion to the size of the cities the
clubs represent, and other exaggerated expenses will
the loss to the smaller clubs The present
prove lesson to the minor League clubs AMI ncxt
year they will probaSly be conducted business prin
cipes Few them afford TO pay their players at
tho of 81 $40 to 900 year. Yet such figures are
common in many of the smaller leagues
treasury OF the NewYork club is fat and swollen
without any good Tor It's being The NewYork
club has conducted during the last few years,
does the liberal patronage bestowed upon 1t
by the lovers OF baseball this CITY, 1t has been run In
loose shiftess manner. which Las disguised every fol-
lower Of tho game in this neighborhood. The stock
holders have been Fortunate hut II some change Is not
made before next seasons campaign begins the pubic
will probably refuse to be further gullod and will stay
away from the grounds There is no excuse for the
wrctched record made by the players this year. and the
directors sensible enough not TO attempt 10 make
IL is possible to strengthen the club In one or TWO
positions only. The general opinion seems to be that
there should be general cleaning ont Of the old players
OF the club Gillespie Dorga core ana 0,ncrs inght
he released with profit They VIII pr0Dahy be OF value
to some other club The local enthusiasts want 10 so
in the club In many OF the recent games spectators
could not well help noticing tue careess ma esa' ann
lazy manner in which many OF t;e players ma lnrlr
work They do not appear To care Whether the co WINS
not. They certainly not disturbed by a defeat
--
The rumors Of deals which have kept the followers Of
the game in unsettled of mind for the last week.
will be kept going until the players contracts expire for
the season. The Brooklyn, possibly the Metropolitan
club will furnish the surprise Some say that the Met
ropoitan club will dsband and the stronger players bs
transferred to the Brooklyn nne The Eanagers OF tue
Metropolitan club deny this however and say that their
club will be N the championship race next season.
Others say that OF the Detroit players will be
secured the Brooklyn nine, but people in position
the whole club would be transferred to Brooklyn sun
other rumors point to the fact that tue nine IN me C
of Churches Will be strengthened Ivy the addition OK
Caruthers and Bushong OF the 81 Louis cub; ecHrr.
OF LOuisvles and several others The managers or
the Brooklyn club have learned, by their small dividends
this season, that they must strengthen ther nine Tor
next ana Sey say Oo ney Sre e !" Tn
leading spirit In the club, says that ho Is pun the
taken more definite shape lie says ne doe MOI propoSe
to allow some other manager to get ahead OF Nun oy hnF
ing out what lie Is going TO DO.
John B. Day. the president OF the Ncw-York CLUB says
that his interested in deals and conse-
quently what other clubs doing IS no business or
his Mr. Day is candid. The New York club seldom tries
to strengthen its nine until other enerprisng
alfalfa oel aaeal AnII
players IN the market The dollars roll into the treasury
OF the New. York club in a steady stream but few Of
them ever roll out The story that the NewYorS club
viii lose the Polo Grounds at the end OF the present
season has again been revived People in position TO
know. however. there is small likelihood OF the c"D
having quarters for several seasons To cone
Many improvements Will be made about TIE grounds
| hefo The construction or the plaza at
! one -hundrcd-andenthst and F1fth-ave. VIII bean
early in March and big slice OF the polo Hfonhds VII
be cut OH This VIII neeesSitate the re'ne'a' o tso
! grand stand and bleaching boards and pronany
handsomer more convenient stands Will be erected
| The present structures are eyesores
When our lopg-heaied directors OF the League and
American Association formulated the " national agree
ment they said for the benefit of all clubs IL
certainly benefit the larger clubs but the benefits
derived by the leagues nv sailing under this pro-
tective policy are Ineagre. SAID Manager Powers, or
the Jersey City club the other day 1--WE have reserved
our players OF for next season; but how many
of those players Will be able TO keep 10 doubtful
question course if any of the larger clubs wants our
PLAYERS they step in and take them The agrcemene
gives us protection from clubs OF own class, but thhe
Is all" The manager who said that the minor eas.os
are simply training schools for the League ana Assoca-
on clubs was far from right. There IL talk OF tho
ma Si me Ss and forn an Of
their own 1t doubtful however u there Is snciee
! could Oe no worse oil than they are
That series of games for the amateur championship
will probably end in .@1le after all. The contest had
been narrowed down to the Bergen Point and staten
Island clubs ami yet result has been reached and 10
ia doubtful II either club will be entitled TO claim the
amateur championship this year. As the games stand
AZ present the BERGEN Point club has three victories AMI
staten Island The several tie games which nave
been played the trouble. The Bergen folnt hhe
must capture another game to win the championship
and that game may he played. Most OF the drawn
games been played at staten Island and OF course
these games should he played off on those grounds Tn,
Bergen Point club however demands that some OF hese
games De played off N it, own grounds III berSeh foihs
The staten Island club refuses The Bergen POINT clup
takes all the receipts when the games are payer AZ
Bergen Point. and the other club takes an tne money
when the are play cd at staten ISLAND ehoe e
little diltcrence.
visit To some Of the clubbouses and dressing rooms
~ soo of the larger clubs would he interesting few
years ago the players accommodations were neaSre IN
the cxtremc but baseball increased IN popularity the
! PLAYERS quarters were made more attractive. In
Chicago Arson stands guard and his rlayeis get out
of their street clothes their uniforms and ont on tho
green diamond field in quick order In Brooklyn tue
men struggle in straggle out The room is pleasant
one and euclre seyenup and buf" keep the players
occupied until Charley Ebbits rings the gong when
calls them on the field. The dressing room AT tue iolo
Grounds is not an inviting place and the players make
magic change OF clothing. The metropolitan, nave Tue
pettiest clubhouse aud most spacious dressn rooms OK
any club i'm the country The players seem To Ike II ana
only get the field when they hear their manager cali
! ing thcm
The series Of fifteen games worlds champion.
| sbip between the Detroit and ST. Louis clubs VIII
attract more general than previous series OF
matches played in this country. The first game VIII Dc
PLAYED on Monday at Louis The clubs arrive IN THIS
| neghborhood Friday playing at Washington Park
| Brooklyn on Saturday the two mines play at the POLO